Social pressures and resistance to cigarette smoking : a phenomenological study with young adolescent women
Thesis (M.N.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2000. Nursing Bibliography: leaves 105-119 While advertising permeates many aspects of our lives, how it is perceived to influence the choices we make around areas that can have a marked effect on our health has been relatively unexplored. The purp...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:theses3/49432 2023-05-15T17:23:32+02:00 Social pressures and resistance to cigarette smoking : a phenomenological study with young adolescent women Gillam, Susan, 1960- Memorial University of Newfoundland. School of Nursing 2000 vi, 142 leaves : ill. Image/jpeg; Application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses3/id/49432 eng eng Electronic Theses and Dissertations (15.89 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Gillam_Susan.pdf a1492496 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses3/id/49432 The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission. Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries Teenage girls--Tobacco use Teenage girls--Attitudes Advertising--Cigarettes--Psychological aspects Adolescent Psychology Smoking--in adolescence Women Advertising Peer Group Text Electronic thesis or dissertation 2000 ftmemorialunivdc 2015-08-06T19:17:53Z Thesis (M.N.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2000. Nursing Bibliography: leaves 105-119 While advertising permeates many aspects of our lives, how it is perceived to influence the choices we make around areas that can have a marked effect on our health has been relatively unexplored. The purpose in this phenomenoiogical study is to use cigarette advertising found in magazines targeted towards young adolescent women as a hermeneutic prompt and explore the questions: What are the social pressures on young women to smoke that are reinforced through cigarette advertisements? and, How do they experience these social pressures? Through the use of phenomenoiogical methodology, the study aims to provide nurses and others with a richer and deeper understanding of young women and smoking. -- The experience of social pressures on young adolescent women to smoke that are reinforced through cigarette advertising is a complex interrelationship among the following themes: Being with others: smoking is a social event, Being like your peers: developmental issues, Parents, family and other important relationships matter, Not having an effective voice, Addiction warnings are not enough: you don't read the small print, Leading by misleading: seeing through the ads, and Smoke and you will be attractive, popular and slim: myths in ads. Through these themes a greater understanding of just how easy it is for young women to smoke is more clearly understood. The essence of the lived experience of the young women is, "It is so easy to smoke." The findings also provide some insights into why smoking prevention and cessation programs targeted towards this group may not have the desired effect in practice. Implications for nursing practice and education, nursing research, and health policy are discussed. Thesis Newfoundland studies University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Thesis (M.N.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2000. Nursing Bibliography: leaves 105-119 While advertising permeates many aspects of our lives, how it is perceived to influence the choices we make around areas that can have a marked effect on our health has been relatively unexplored. The purpose in this phenomenoiogical study is to use cigarette advertising found in magazines targeted towards young adolescent women as a hermeneutic prompt and explore the questions: What are the social pressures on young women to smoke that are reinforced through cigarette advertisements? and, How do they experience these social pressures? Through the use of phenomenoiogical methodology, the study aims to provide nurses and others with a richer and deeper understanding of young women and smoking. -- The experience of social pressures on young adolescent women to smoke that are reinforced through cigarette advertising is a complex interrelationship among the following themes: Being with others: smoking is a social event, Being like your peers: developmental issues, Parents, family and other important relationships matter, Not having an effective voice, Addiction warnings are not enough: you don't read the small print, Leading by misleading: seeing through the ads, and Smoke and you will be attractive, popular and slim: myths in ads. Through these themes a greater understanding of just how easy it is for young women to smoke is more clearly understood. The essence of the lived experience of the young women is, "It is so easy to smoke." The findings also provide some insights into why smoking prevention and cessation programs targeted towards this group may not have the desired effect in practice. Implications for nursing practice and education, nursing research, and health policy are discussed. |
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